ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,122, issued on July 8, was assigned to AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Seattle).
"Mechanism with moveable sensor head" was invented by Michael Risley (San Francisco), Michael L Richards (San Francisco), Dean Zachary Dijour (Morganville, N.J.), Kyle Crouse (Valley Village, Calif.) and Varsha Iyengar (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pop-up sensor head with a camera transitions between a retracted and extended state. While retracted, the camera lens is covered. While extended, the camera lens is exposed and available for use. A motor maintains the sensor head at a setpoint position, such as in the retracted or extended state. A ...